Check out latest developments of China's space station

• Countries continue to race with each other in order to rule the space and establish their technological dominance in the space

• In a major development, China is expected to launch a manned spacecraft with three astronauts on board at 9.22 am on Thursday from the Gobi desert.

• The Shenzhou-12 - Divine Vessel in Chinese - manned spaceship will be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and will have three male astronauts on-board namely,Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo.

• Notably Shenzhou-12 is the third of total eleven missions scheduled by China in order to build its own space station.

• The Tianhe module docked in Tianzhou-2 was launched last month to prepare fot food supplies for the three astronauts scheduled to leave on Thursday.